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ISBN 10: 1588906426
ISBN 13: 9781588906427
Author: Christopher M. Loftus
This edition of Neurosurgical Emergencies is an up-to-date reference covering the most frequently encountered neurosurgical emergencies caused by disease, infection, trauma, and complications. It presents the current surgical guidelines for managing the full range of neurosurgical emergencies including those involving intracranial, spinal, and peripheral nerve pathology, and neurosurgical problems in pediatric patients. Expert specialists present their clinical insights in easy-to-follow protocols. Concise descriptions enable the reader to rapidly gain a firm understanding of pathogenesis of the problem, classification of injury, evaluation, clinical presentation, imaging, surgical indications, surgical approaches, and prognosis. Highlights:

  • New chapters on the assessment of acute loss of consciousness, emergency management of spinal cord injury, and the management of raised intracranial pressure
  • More than 200 illustrations and images demonstrate key concepts

This authoritative text is an ideal resource for all neurosurgeons, residents, and specialists in emergency medicine.(A co-publication of Thieme and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons)

Table of contents:

I Intracranial Pathology

1 Assessment of Acute Lossof Consciousness

2 Intracranial Pressure Monitoring and Management of Raised Intracranial Pressure

3 Management of Acute Hydrocephalus

4 The Recognition and Management of Cerebral Herniation Syndromes

5 Penetrating Cerebral Trauma

6 Extra-Axial Hematomas

7 Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage

8 Pituitary Apoplexy

9 Acute Management of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

10 Interventions for Acute Ischemic Stroke

11 Cerebral Infectious Processes

12 Emergency Treatment of Brain Tumors

13 Acute Bony Decompression of the Optic and Facial Nerves

14 Convulsive and Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus

15 Special Considerations in the Evaluation of Patients with Combined Headand Spinal Injuries and Mu

16 Summary and Synopsis of the Brain Trauma Foundation Head Injury Guidelines

II Spinal Pathology

17 Acute Intervention for Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spinal Disk Disease

18 The Intensive Care Management of Spine- and Spinal Cord–Injured Patients

19 Biomechanical Considerations for Early Operative Interventions in Vertebral Column Fractures and

20 Athletic Injuries and Their Differential Diagnosis

21 Penetrating Spine Trauma

22 Spinal Cord Compression Secondary to Neoplastic Disease: Epidural Metastases and Pathologic Fract

23 Intraspinal Hemorrhage

24 Spinal Infections

25 Summary and Synopsis of the Spinal Cord Injury Guidelines

III Peripheral Nerve Pathology

26 Acute Repair of Penetrating Nerve Trauma

27 Acute Management of Compressive Peripheral Neuropathies

IV Pediatric Neurosurgical Issues

28 Spinal Cord Injury in Children

29 Management of Acute Shunt Malfunction

30 The Perinatal Management of a Child Born with a Myelomeningocele

31 Recognition and Management of Intrathecal Baclofen Withdrawal Syndrome

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